Adam is a Global Director, Strategic Insights at JLL. His role brings together a best in class global team covering insight, analytics and client advisory as part of a 500+ personnel global structure. The team covers a wide spectrum of themes such as technology and sustainability that are shaping real estate in cities around the world. Adam also works extensively within JLL to drive business line and corporate strategy.
Adam’s experience spans over 20 years of real estate advisory with both public and private sector clients. He is a frequent public speaker and regularly cited in national and international media as a commentator on the factors that shape real estate markets. He provides public policy advice, with a particular focus on the role of real estate as a catalyst to sustainable prosperity in cities.
Adam holds an MBA from London Business School, an MSc Urban Regeneration from the Bartlett, University College London and BA Economics from Western University (London, Canada). He is Board Chairperson at World Habitat and a member of the Philanthropy Advisory Board at Shelterbox.
Ahead of the Built World Summit, Adam Challis, Global Director of Strategic Insights at JLL, explores how AI is reshaping cities, real estate and investment.
Senior industry leaders meet at The London Centre for the first 2026 session of the NLA Sounding Board, shaping the direction of the New London Agenda.